Abstract
The paper presents the results of an experimental study aimed at creating a typology for the Proof of Concept (PoC) activities that could be more domain-specific and help practitioners to develop more effective PoC schemes. The typology has been developed by using real cases from the sample of the European Research Council (ERC) funded PoC projects. The automated subject indexing helped to generate keywords that were matched with technology descriptors from the Gartner Hype Cycles for Emerging Technologies to identify the timeframes for the funding gap according to a Hype Cycle. Accordingly, the PoC activities have been categorized into Pathbreaking PoCs, Mature PoCs and Catching-Up PoCs. The main characteristics have been identified, and further steps for the typology validation presented.
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